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and Lower Austria, and the other German
J, ,rovlnces Of Austria-Huugary. They are
Of the "kith and kindred" with the Ger
mana, who will be under the rule OF this
young, vigorous, and ambitious emperor,
but instead Of being with him they are
united with race entirely distinct; coming
from different source even In the distant
past-thatis, with the hungarians, or rather
the Masyars.
II these provinces Of Austria-Hungary,
Inhabited by Germans, could be united
with the German empire IL would present
great unified German Catholic country.
But the Hapsburgs who rule Austria
Hungary have always been Catholics, aud
the Austrian emperor is to-day "the Oldest
son" OF the church, and the pope would
never agree that any of their dominlons
should be taken from them, through his
act, unless they were fully compensated.
West and south OF Hungary lie the prov
inces OF Bosnia, Servla, Roumania, Bull
garia, Eastern Roumelia Salonica, Thrace,
and Monaster, inhabited principally bypeo-
pie of the same race with those who
constitute the largest part of the Austria
Hungarian empire.
It is true that most Of them belong to the
Greek church, but their religion sits lightly
upon these warlike mountaineers, and II
this country now forming most Of Turkey
in Europe should be added to the Hun
garlan possessions Of the Hapsburgs, there
would be another great monarchy Of peo-
pie composed Of the same race.
This country would touch upon the
Egean, the Adratic, aud the Black seas. 1t
would control the Dardanelles and the
Hellespont, have Constantlnople, perhaps,
for its capital, and would present to the
southwark advance of the Russians an lm
passable barrier, while it would be divided
from Germany by natural line, the little
Carpathiau mountain range.
Italy, now one Of the great powers Of
Europe, would be strengthened In this new
change of the map of Europe, by having
added to it the Tyrol, Istria, and other
provinces that are really Italian, but are
now part of the Austrian empire, giving it,
too, natural boundary against Germ my,
composed OF the Rhoetian, Norlc, Carnic,
and Julian Alps, while Greece would take
Epirus and Thessaly and thus be strength
ened.
The attempt that is made In Austria
Hungary to unite two distinct nations un-
der one government has never succee led
anywhere. The Germans are descended
from the Teutons, who have been the In
babitants Of the forests OF northern Eu-
rope since before even the misty period OF
| history, while the Magyars are OF the
Turainan stock and the descendants OF the
Scythians. OIL and water do not mingle.
| The acknowledged ability OF Leo re-
lieyes him from the imputation that he
could commit such folly as to propose to
King Humbert the surrender Of provinces
which would divide his kingdom into two
separate countries and deprive him of hi:
cspital city.
The fact that in every political movement
he has made since he became pope, Leo ha'
been successful displaying those rare
powers which mark men as being great
justifes the flea that he compreheuds the
necessity OF the unification OF the races in
habiting Central Europe into homogeneou
empires possessed Of great strength.
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isting conditions Russia will soon posses
Constantinople, or that possessing it-ant
through 1t the command Of the Meditera
mean sea, as she now commands the Baltic
with the Germans and the other nations o
Central Europe divided against each other
that the power of Russia would be irresisti
BILE.
Neither the pope nor his able servltor
Galimberti, have failed to comprehend tn
situation just as Bismarck, a man not s
able as either of them, saw it, and as 1t Wa
seen by Cavour, the man who built up
nation Of 100000 Italians, having onl.
100000 to commerce with.
It is not temporal power in Italy tha
Pope Leo is seeking from the emperors o
Germany and Austria Hungary. 1t Ia tn
establishment OF a trlumvirate compose
of three distinct nationalities of people
German, Magyar, and Latin-all Catholic
or nearly Catholic, powerful enough to de
feat any attempt to overrun Europe an
replace the civilization of the Catholic b
that Of the Greek Church.